When a writer explodes the moment it really captures the reader's attention and interest. The details that the writer gives paint a picture and the reader can then envision themselves in the scene. But before a writer can explode the moment, they need to picture who their audience is so they can decide what details are important to them as well as what language is appropriate. For example, if the writer is trying to appeal to younger kids they should stick to descriptions using a simple vocabulary. If the audience intended is people of a higher intellect than a more vivid, complex description would be acceptable.
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When Amy Tan first started as a writer, she felt she had to use complex words and sentence structure and say things such as "The intersection of memory upon imagination," as she stated in Mother Tongue. At first, she wanted the world to know that she was a Chinese-American author who had mastered the english language better than most Americans. But then she realized there was nothing wrong with the english that she had learned to speak growing up and she changed who her audience was going to be. She envisioned her mom as the reader. It is important to write for an audience that you are comfortable with and an audience that you care about. You are trying to send a message so it is vital that you are targeting the audience you want to get through to.
These three movies all have a slightly different audience in mind. Gilmore Girls is geared toward tweens and teens along with White Oleander although it is probably geared more toward older teens, while Brave is meant for a younger audience. Gilmore Girls shows its audience the different sides to a mother daughter relationship- the love, the fighting, the silliness, etc. Brave wanted to teach its audience about how sometimes pride can get in the way of relationships and sometimes we must set aside that pride, admit our mistakes, and forgive one another and communicate to find a middle ground. White Oleander tells a story to its audience about how big a mother's influence is on a daughter. A mother can manipulate and turn her child into whatever she wants. It is up to the child to realize if that is the type of influence she wants in her life. All of these movies are intended to teach their audiences lessons about mother-daughter relationships.
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